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A quantitative description of the effect of process conditions on the physical structure of poly(ethylene terephthalate) yarns with an application to dyeing behavior
Author(s) -
Huisman R.,
Heuvel H. M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1978.070220407
Subject(s) - dyeing , poly ethylene , ethylene , materials science , composite material , process (computing) , polymer science , polymer chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , chemistry , catalysis , operating system
The intrinsic properties of a yarn are brought about by its physical structure. This structure in its turn is controlled by the process conditions applied. A quantitative description is given of the effect of temperature, time, and tension during annealing on the structure of poly(ethylene terephthalate) yarns. Annealing of a yarn at elevated temperature leads to improvement of packing of the molecules within the crystals. Consequently, the crystalline density is not a constant but is largely dependent on the conditions under which crystallization has taken place. The growth of the PET crystals is not an isotropic process; the strongest growth is observed in the direction of the dipole interactions. The effects of tension and annealing time are also discussed. A prolonged annealing time causes an increase in crystallinity, while time and tension influence the growth of the crystals to some extent. However, for the experimental conditions used in this investigation, temperature is by far the most important factor. Generally speaking, PET fibers annealed at low temperature show low crystallinity built up of many small crystals. Yarn annealed at a high temperature, on the other hand, is composed of fewer big crystals together with large adjacent amorphous regions and relatively high overall crystallinity. Finally, the effect of this observed structural morphology on the dyeing behavior of PET yarns is discussed in a qualitative way. Two main effects controlling the dye uptake of PET yarn are proposed, viz., the total amount of amorphous regions and the accessibility of these regions.